Kuala Penyu Pekan Kuala Penyu | |
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Town anddistrict capital | |
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| Coordinates:5°34′12.72″N115°35′38.39″E / 5.5702000°N 115.5939972°E /5.5702000; 115.5939972 | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Interior |
| District | Kuala Penyu |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 659 |
Kuala Penyu Town (Malay:Pekan Kuala Penyu) is the capital of theKuala Penyu District in theInterior Division ofSabah,Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 659 in 2010,[1] with ethnicDusun Tatana sub-group forming the largest single ethnic group.
Kuala Penyu is located on theKlias Peninsula, which was once originally covered withmangrove swamp forests. Much of these mangrove swamps were destroyed by land developers that later realised that the soils were much too acidic to supportpalm oil.
Kuala Penyu has atropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Kuala Penyu | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.8 (87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.4 (81.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.2 (75.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 205 (8.1) | 92 (3.6) | 122 (4.8) | 160 (6.3) | 286 (11.3) | 294 (11.6) | 240 (9.4) | 267 (10.5) | 334 (13.1) | 369 (14.5) | 383 (15.1) | 269 (10.6) | 3,021 (118.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
According to general unrecorded consensus, most Kuala Penyuan are farmers with some younger generations are migrating to towns. It is widely diversified with unrecorded consensus has it that majority are embracing or practising Christianity or Islam, while some are still sticking to animism. As a part of clarification on ethnic group in Kuala Penyu, it's fair enough to mention that every one of them specifically by percentage base on previous official record through consensus report year 2010 was stated 659 peoples, where the most races as follow; ethnicDusun people of the Dusun Tatana and Bisaya sub-groups, Bruneian Malay, Kedayan, Bajau, Chinese, Indian and others.
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